Kate Beckinsale: Her Allure Photo Shoot

Norman Jean Roy shot actress Kate Beckinsale for her third Allure as she posed in the best clothes of the fall fashion collections. View exclusive photos from the set, plus read about the star's transformation from bookworm to sexiest woman alive.

Beckinsale's father, who was a television star in England, passed away when the actress was five years old. "It's a real shame for anyone who comes face-to-face with mortality that young. It just shouldn't happen. You should be in that sense of suspended disbelief for a little bit longer than five," she says. "A five-year-old probably shouldn't be thinking about [death] very much. You learn about it from fairy tales and myths, and then somebody's fish dies, and then way down the line somebody's grandparent or great-grandparent. But it shouldn't happen before you've really even considered mortality." For this shot, the actress posed in wool jacket and pants, cotton poplin shirt, and embroidered silk bag by Prada.